With half the 2012 season finished, Sporting News' network of NFL correspondents asked 103 players from 27 teams everything you want to know about this year in our annual midseason players poll.

As always in our midseason poll, players were not allowed to name their teammates or head coach for any of their answers.

Who is the offensive MVP of the first half?

Falcons QB Matt Ryan 29

Broncos QB Peyton Manning 20

Packers QB Aaron Rodgers 12

Vikings RB Adrian Peterson 8

Redskins QB Robert Griffin III 6

Texans RB Arian Foster 5

Giants QB Eli Manning 5

Vikings WR Percy Harvin 4

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson 3

Giant WR Victor Cruz 2

Five players received one vote

“Matt Ryan. He is 7-0 (now 8-0), right? That’s perfection. You can’t get any better than that.”—Ravens OLB Terrell Suggs

“Matt Ryan. He has the ability to kind of really take over games as far as with his arm and leadership. He has a big-time arm, but his leadership shows up in the fourth quarter. You can see it. That’s huge.”—Steelers G Willie Colon

“Peyton Manning. He is a good story. I am glad to see him back, and he is beating a lot of good teams for us.”—Ravens LB Brendon Ayanbadejo, referencing the Broncos' season-opening victory over Pittsburgh

“Adrian Peterson. I don’t know if everybody realizes how good this guy is. I’m sure most of the guys who play defense do. He’s a bull, man. He has that combination of size and speed. He plays every down like it’s the Super Bowl. And that’s not even talking about everything that he had to go through coming back from his ACL.”—Browns LB D’Qwell Jackson